1889 - First laboratory in Rue D'Anjou

In order to ensure the quality of the Parisian water supply, Compagnie Générale des Eaux opens its first laboratory in the centre of Paris, at 52 rue d'Anjou, which is still the company's historic headquarters.

This first laboratory, which ensures that the water supplied to customers is of a very high quality, will be followed by the opening of other scientific centers, such as the one in Lyons in 1930, then the Research Centre at Maisons-Laffitte in 1983, Veolia Water's main water operations research centre.